Rail-tie.



J. E. DEWEESE.

RAIL TIE. APPLICATION-FILED MAR. 15, 1915.

1,187,278.. Patented June 13, 1916.

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JAMES E. DEWEESE, OF DE SOTO, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-FOURTH TO GEORGE H.

HODGES AND ONE-FOURTH. TO FRANK HODG-ES, BOTH OF OLATHE, KANSAS.

RAIL-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1916.

Application filed March 15, 1915. Serial No. 14,342. I

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, JAMES E. Dnwnnsn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of De Soto, in the county of Johnson and State of Kansas, have invented av certain new and useful Improvement in Rail-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to rail ties,. and particularly to a metal tie which will be light, strong, and durable, my object being to provide such a type of tie with rail seats wherein rails may be held without the use of spikes, and in such manner as to prevent bunching of the ties in use, and whereby joints may be completed without the use of scarfs, 'fish plates, and other complicated connections such as now proposed.

In carrying out my invention I preferably employ the construction shown in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which i Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating two of the ties in proper relation, and the practical embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2. is a transverse vertical section taken on line 2+2 of Fig. 1, illustrating one of the ties in side elevation; Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal vertical section through a portion of one of the ties, taken substantially on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section through one of the ties, taken substantially on line H of Fig. l; and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the wedge blocks.

Referring now to these figures, I provide a rail. tie, generally indicated at A, the body of which is provided with raised portions A adjacent its opposite ends, and with depending side flanges A having slots a whereby ballast may be conveniently packed within the space between these side flanges.

It will be noted particularly from Fig. 3,

that the ends of the tie body are open, and that transverse webs A connect the side flanges A depending below the raised end portions A of the tie, parallel with and in alinement with the rail seats formed in these raised portions, as will now be described.

Each of the raised portions A is provided with a transversely extending groove B, dividing the same into opposing sections lying upon opposite sides of the said groove B and hence upon opposite sides of a rail seated in the groove. The grooves B thus formed in the raised portions A of the tie, which constitute the rail seats, are as will be seen, parallel with one'another, and each of the grooves is horizontally inclined with respect to a right angle of the longitudinal axis of the tie, and is ofa uniform width only slightly greater thanthe width of a rail base which it receives. It will also be noted that the sections of each ofthe raised portions A lying upon opposite sides of the respective grooves B, are undercut as shown at a, adjacent opposite ends of the groove between them, to accommodate portions of the base of ara'il seated therein, and to permit of positive binding engagement between the end portions of the said sections at the ends of each groove and a rail properly seated therebetween and at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the tie itself. Being thus disposed, a rail is locked in connection with the tie, particularly in view of the fact that the binding engagement between portions of the tie and the rail, prevents the ties from shifting and bunching. The ties may be further prevented from shifting and bunching, however, by providing apertures in their side flanges A adjacent opposite ends thereof, to receive the reduced ends 0 of spacing bars or rods extending between the tie ends as shown at C, the reduced ends 0 best seen in Fig. 3.

Triangular wedge blocks D are disposed in the triangular spaces left remaining between portions of the tie and the rails E properly seated in the grooves B, particularly at a joint in the rail, such as seen at E in Fig. 1, the wedge blocks D, as best seen in Fig. 5, being preferably provided with openings (Z for the reception of bolts F which extend through the Width of the rail, through the wedge blocks, and also through apertures in the opposing sections of the raised portions A of the tie, it being noted that these bolts of which there may be any suitable number, extend parallel with the longitudinal axis of the. tie itself. In this manner, a strong, light, and durable tie is formed, having means for positive engagement with a rail, and means to efiectively connect its parts and prevent their displacement.

I claim 1. A rail tie having a raised rail engaging portion adjacent each end thereof provided its with a groove dividing the same into opposing sections and forming a rail seat, said groove being horizontally inclined with respect to a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the tie and being of a uniform width only slightly greater than the width of the rail base, the said opposing sections being undercut adjacent opposite ends of the grooves between them, to accommodate portions of the ra1l base and permit of positive binding engagement between the portions of the said raised sections at. the ends of the groove and a rail properly seated therebetween, triangular wedge blocks disposed in the spaces between the portions of the raised sections and the rail, and bolts extending parallel with the longitudinal axis of the tie and through the said raised sections, wedge blocks, and rails, whereby to connect the tion, said means passing through the rail.

JAMES E. DEW'EESE. \Vitnesscs T. A. BROWN, CHAS. RI-IEDL Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents, Washington, D. C. 

